University of Hawaii Honolulu - Ka Palapala Yearbook (Honolulu, HI)

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FOURTH MAJOR BUILOING. DEAN MALL. ERECTED IN 1928. ATHERTON HOUSE ERECTED IN 1930 FOR THE YMCA Late in 1918 a group of energetic citizens decided that the time was ripe to raise the status of the College of Hawaii to that of a university. They were now faced with the problem of preparing their children for professions other than that of an agricultural nature. President Arthur L. Dean expressed his position and that of the Regents as willing instruments of the people of Hawaii if they felt that the time was ripe. The hopes of a few began to materialize when, on April 30, 1919, Gov- ernor C. J. McCarthy signed an Act of Establishment, elevating the College of Hawaii to the rank of a university. It added a College of Arts and Sciences to the College of Applied Science. In the years that followed, it was clearly evident that the institution was steadily growing. A great change in the spirit of the students was evidenced. There was a greater solidarity, a greater loyalty, and an increasing sense of responsibility. New buildings began to sprout. Chemistry laboratory classes, once held along narrow corridors of a frame building, were now held in Gartley Hall, so named for Alonzo Gartley, a regent. This was the second permanent building erected in 1921. the library joined forces in 1925 when if became the third permanent building on campus. The University of Hawaii was indeed growing in those inner qualities that characterize a genuine university. 9

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AERIAL VIEW OF THE CAMPUS IN 102« 1917-1926 THE DEPRESSION YEARS 8

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THE ARTHUR L ANDREWS OUTDOOR THEATRE BUILT IN SPRING OF 1933. The year 1928 saw the gymnasium being erected. That same year, there arose between Hawaii Hall and Gartley Hall, the fourth major building. It was named for Arthur L. Dean, who had served as president of the University from 1914 to 1927. In 1930, the fifth major building, Farrington Hall, was built. It fulfilled a need for a theatre and an auditorium for the whole student body. This building was named for Wallace R. Farrington, former Governor of the Territory, and an early president of the Board of Regents of the University. The YMCA also erected a building at this time, run as a student cooperative and the setting of many student affairs. Not to be forgotten was the Teachers College Building, which became the center of teacher training in 1931, when the Ter- ritorial Normal and Training School combined with the University School of Education to form Teachers College. 1927-1936 BUILT IN 1938. CRAWFORD HALL WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED THE SOCIAL SCIENCE BUILDING. 10